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Development and Return Migration: from policy panacea to migrant perspective sustainability
Marieke van Houte,Tine Davids +1 more
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In this paper, the authors focus on the assumed relation between return migration, sustainability and development, in particular the role of NGO assistance and government policy, and argue that a different approach to the relation between migration and development is needed both theoretically and policywise.Abstract:
This article focuses on the assumed relation between return migration, sustainability and development, in particular the role of NGO assistance and government policy herein. It is argued that a different approach to the relation between migration and development is needed both theoretically and policywise. Theoretically the need for a transnational approach based on the everyday epistemologies of refugees and their need for a sense of belonging is highlighted. Building on this, the article emphasises the importance of defining sustainability of return through the use of the concept of mixed embeddedness, and the different factors that influence this embeddedness. Policywise the current convenient application of the Siamese twins, Migration and Development, to involuntarily return is strongly criticised. In doing so the inconsistencies in governmental policy are emphasised. Lastly, the article calls for a more cautious way of linking migration and development, both by NGOs and governments.read more
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Migrants as agents of development: Diaspora engagement discourse and practice in Europe
Giulia Sinatti,Cindy Horst +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a critical examination of diaspora engagement discourse and practice in various European countries, the authors identify three implicit understandings: development is conceived of as the planned activities of Western professional development actors; diasporas are seen as actual communities rooted in a national 'home' and sharing a group identity; and migration is regarded as binary mobility.
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Social Anchoring: Immigrant Identity, Security and Integration Reconnected?
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Should I stay or should I go? Return migration in times of crises
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared observations of the same group of migrants following the Argentinean crisis in 2001 and the current economic downturn in Spain, and shed light on how migrants decide about returning to their country of origin during times of crises.
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Return migration as a win-win-win scenario? Visions of return among Senegalese migrants, the state of origin and receiving countries
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the topic of return migration as it is understood and practised by different actors who engage with this theme, albeit from different perspectives, and examine the structures that support and give meaning to understandings of return among institutional actors and migrants.
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Third Sector Organizations and Migration: A Systematic Literature Review on the Contribution of Third Sector Organizations in View of Flight, Migration and Refugee Crises
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